Mast cells :methods and protocols /edited by Guha Krishnaswamy, David S. Chi. --Humana Press, 2006. --(58.17/M592/v.315)

Contents

Contents:

1. Paul Ehrlich's "Mastzellen"-From Aniline Dyes to DNA Chip Arrays:

    A Historical Review of Developments in Mast Cell Research  3

2. The Human Mast Cell: An Overview  13

3. Mast Cells in Allergy and Autoimmunity: Implications for Adaptive

    Immunity  35

4. Analysis of MC and MC Mast Cells in Tissue  53

5. Mast Cell Ultrastructure and Staining in Tissue  63

6. Expression of Cell Surface Antigens on Mast Cells: Mast Cell Phenotyping  77

7. Identification of Mast Cell in the Cellular Response to Myocardial Infarction  91

8. Growth of Human Mast Cells From Bone Marrow and Peripheral

    Blood-Derived CD34+ Pluripotent Progenitor Cells  105

9. Culture of Human Mast Cells From Hemopoietic Progenitors  113

10. Isolation, Culture, and Characterization of Intestinal Mast Cells  123

11. Activation of Nuclear Factor kB  141

12. Analysis of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation  151

13. Microarray and Gene-Clustering Analysis  165

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